Gugure! Kokkuri-san

Opening the refrigerator after a bath, Inugami discovers a single plastic bottle of "ochimizu," a rejuvenating water Kokkuri-san purchased. Ignoring the written instructions not to drink it, Inugami gulps down the water in an instant, turning him into a child. Shigaraki, who also drank the water, appears from another room...

Watch similar anime online

Nanami used to live in a ramshackle apartment with her father - a man who spent half his time gambling and the other half hiding from debt collectors - until one day the scoundrel ran away, leaving his daughter hungry and homeless. That is, until she meets a mysterious stranger in the park who deems her the new goddess of a local shrine! Unfortunately...

Both of these animes are funny and feature kitsune main characters, as well as, other yokai type characters. Although, Gugure! Kokkuri-san is more 'slice of life' and Kamisama (Kiss) Hagimameshita is definately 'shoujo' style. If you like crazy family antics and endearing characters, you will enjoy both of these.

Despite the face that Gugure is not a romantic comedy (Like Kamisama Kiss) It isn't so "far out of reach" to find your self liking both of these animes. Gugure is about an elementary student named Kohina who lives all alone. One day she accidentaly summons a fox spirit, who ends up playing surrogate mother to this lonely, cup noodle obsessed, "doll" like little girl. Kamisama Kiss on the other hand is a romantic comedy about a teenage girl named Nanami. She accidentaly becomes a land god, and ends up falling in love with her fox demon of a familiar.

Both of these have similar supernatural elements to them, and protagonists with foxes looking after them. If you're looking for more laughs than romance, then Gugure is what you need. However if you find yourself in the oposite position then watch Kamisama Kiss.

Japanese Hell consists of 272 subdivisions, and the demon Hozuki is tasked with making sure they all run smoothly. Calm and level-headed, he efficiently navigates Hell's internal affairs while his boss, the Great King Enma, is busy judging the dead. Although Hozuki has a soft spot for cute animals and is known for his love of gardening Goldfish Flowers, he's...

Both episodic and focuses on supernatural themes. I also thought the main characters, and even some side characters, were refreshing in both of these anime, hard working and easily stressed kokkuri to hard working and strict hozuki, overall enjoyable to watch.

Differences would be that Hoozuki no reitetsu took place in mainly non-existent, (or at least as far a we know) places, while though still unrealistic, Gugure was on earth, in Japan. Also, while Gugure is about the daily life and various fetishes of the characters, Hoozuki is more about daily life in the underworld when you work there.

I both found these to be enjoyable comedies (comedy ONLY) that offered some dark humor, and cute characters, with ears, tails, and horns!

In Gintoki's Japan, the arrival of the various space races known collectively as the Amanto ended the era of the samurai. The Amanto's highly advanced technology resulted in total conquest and a severe economic shift. Now, former samurai such as Gintoki scrape together whatever livelihood they can. Gintoki's profession of choice is that of a yorozuya: he'll...

Tags

These shows are so stupid that they are funny. They have similar humor and bizarre characters. Gugure! Kokkuri-san has shinto, while Gintama samurai.

What is Anime-Planet?

Founded in 2001 as the first anime & manga recommendation database.
Create lists for what you've seen & read, watch over 40,000 legal streaming episodes online, and meet
other anime fans just like you.